Robert McNeesDec 17, 2022

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was born #OTD in 1913. She worked with John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz on the design and implementation of Beginner’s All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code — BASIC — and was the first woman in the US to earn a PhD in Computer Science.

10 PRINT “HAPPY BIRTHDAY”
20 GOTO 10

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@mcnees Aside: John Kemeny is responsible for much of my career. BASIC introduced me to computers and his work as chair of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island set the direction for nuclear safety and the sort of engineering analysis I do. I didn't put two and two together until your post, so thanks for that.
Dec 17, 2022 at 5:30pmWeb